170+ ISIS fighters headed for Europe

Interpol
fears ISIS trained 170+ bomb attackers for Europe – media

A list of dozens of
suspected ISIS militants trained to deal with explosives and
potentially aiming at terrorist attacks in Europe has been shared
with EU intelligence by The International Criminal Police
Organization (Interpol), the Guardian reports. Interpol issued
a list of 173 terrorists linked to Islamic State (IS, formerly
ISIS/ISIL), who “may
have manifested willingness to commit a suicidal attack or martyrdom
to support Islam,”
the Guardian reported on Friday, saying it obtained the names.The specially trained
attackers “can
travel internationally, to participate in terrorist activities,”
but it is unclear whether they managed to reach Europe, the report
says.

ISIS
trains jihadists to hit European targets, has no shortage of
volunteers – Europol While the document
identifies the suspects and provides their photos, it also features
such details as the date of recruitment and possible addresses, even
including the mosques they could attend.The list apparently
stems from US intelligence data which was obtained through “trusted
sources”
during operations against ISIS in Syria and Iraq.The potential
attackers were pinpointed “through
materials found in the hiding places of ISIL,”
according to the paper.Interpol reportedly
sent the warning to its European counterparts on May 27 and asked to
share information on the suspects.In March, then-FBI
director James Comey warned that European states may face an
unprecedented “terrorists
diaspora”
in five years, as after the defeat of ISIS, terrorists will spill
over into Western Europe. On Friday, the UK’s
most senior police officer, Cressida Dick, stated that advances
against ISIS in Syria and Iraq do not reduce the threat for the
country.Earlier, German Police
Chief Holger Muench said that around 700 Islamists may pose a threat
to German security, local media reported.READ
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away’ – Met Police commissionerISIS continues to plan
more complex and mass-casualty attacks in the West, particularly in
Europe, according to a report
from Europol. The agency also warned that terrorist tactics and
techniques are transferred from the current conflict zones, including
the “illicit
spread of bomb-making knowledge and instructions.”